Health
No evidence monkeypox is an agent of biological warfare
A video of a man opening textbooks to pages about monkeypox does not show the outbreak is a ‘war on us’. Read
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Social media
Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
The US military did not find traces of pesticides in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine
A claim that members of the US special forces found traces of pesticides in vials of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is false. Read
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Private jet pictures aren’t from Davos ‘climate change conference’ this year
One of the pictures dates back to a 2015 boxing match in Las Vegas. Read
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Image said to show a centuries-old ship is actually a photo of a replica
False claims that the photo of the replica vessel shows a 282-year-old ship returning to London have been circulating online for years. Read
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White lines in the sky are not ‘chemtrails’
The lines are contrails, formed when water vapour from aircraft engines freezes at high altitude. Read
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No evidence Denzel Washington quote about being criticised is real
Many versions of the quote have been shared online, but there’s no evidence the actor ever actually said it. Read
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Dyson clearance sale on Facebook has nothing to do with Dyson
Neither the online retailer AO, nor Dyson, has any connection to a promotion on Facebook that claims to give people the chance to buy extremely cheap hairdryers. Read
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No evidence Sigmund Freud said viral quote about depression
A quote that has been often misattributed to Freud may actually have been first shared by a Twitter user. Read
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RNLI lifeguarded beaches don’t all provide wristbands with contact details for children
A viral Facebook post claimed that parents can get free wristbands for their children that they can put their contact details on RNLI lifeguarded beaches. Read
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A picture of the sky does not show ‘chemtrails’
White vapour trails often seen in the sky are thin clouds of condensation left by aircraft engines—not evidence of a conspiracy to poison the planet. Read
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